mickEblu
Well-Known Member
No Dr. Facilier???
What the heck? He was the coolest part of the movie. Dang! Oh well....[sigh]..maybe the design team thought his appearance in the ride would scare or "trigger" a small number of people????
Maybe Dr. Facilier is considered a negative stereotype abd needed to be canceled in 2023??? I dunno....
I can only guees and wonder what concepts go through the mind of a Tiana's Bayou Adventure attraction Imagineer today....
I guess we will find out in a year or two. (Maybe 3 or 4)
It’s interesting because Dr. Facilier hasn’t been outright cancelled like the Song of the South or So Dear to my Heart characters. He’s in the new Once Upon a Studio short. He’s still a walk around character if I’m not mistaken and is a meet n greet character at Oogie Boogie or at least he was last year. May be a little far fetched but perhaps they want to surprise us? Nothing they have said so far would indicate he has a presence in the ride but if they want him to be a surprise that would make sense. Maybe that’s why we haven’t been given a lot of details about the actual ride? I don’t buy the notion that he isn’t in the ride because it takes place after the events of the movie. He’s way too popular of a character to eliminate for that reason and it would be incredibly easy to come up with a reason on why he’s returned from the Other Side. It’s either he’s been deemed problematic and is not in it or he’s in it and they re trying to surprise us.
I also wouldn’t find it too hard to believe that he wasn’t originally planned to be in the ride but they decided to pivot after seeing all the disappointed reactions from the fans. Even the biggest retheme supporters are confused/ disappointed about Facilier not being included
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